grisi siknis

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Etymology

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Reborrowed from Miskito [Term?], from English crazy sickness.

Noun

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grisi siknis (uncountable)

  1. A culture-bound syndrome among the Miskito people of eastern Central America, mainly affecting young women with anxiety, nausea, and sometimes violent frenzy.
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